NBTBA Summer Doubles 2018

Bats Strikers, consisting of Georgia, Stuart and Russ, made it
through to the National Blind Tenpin Bowling Association’s Summer Doubles Finals which were held in Wigan on 10 November.

After all the excitement of qualifying, Georgia and Russ
(unfortunately, Stuart was unable to go) prepared to travel up to Wigan on Friday, 9 November with supporters, Sue and Pete. They arrived at the Britannia Wigan Hotel at around 4.40 pm where
they were greeted by Norman and Pauline Greenhalgh of NBTBA who organised the event. After a meal in the Charnley Arms, the team went back to the hotel bar to meet with other teams who were
playing in the finals.

On Saturday, 10 November, after an early breakfast, they boarded
a coach which took them to the Hollywood Bowl in Wigan to begin the tournament. Three games were played before lunch and Georgia and Russ played as well as they could in the hope of finishing
with a good score. Another three games were played in the afternoon after which they boarded the coach to go back to the hotel.

Dinner was at 7 pm and Bats Strikers shared a table with the
Stockport Bombers. There was much anticipation of the presentation of trophies.

At 9 pm the presentations began as
follows:

Salisbury Sheild

Highest Average Score: Matt Hughes of Liverpool

Team
Knock-Out

Winners: Jetsetters of Portsmouth

Runners Up: Dead Eye Daisies
of Sunderland

Singles Knock-Out

Winner: Mark Fleming of Stockport

Runner Up:
Jillian Munro of Sunderland

Next came the positions of the teams in the day’s
tournament. Bats Strikers waited with bated breath as positions 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 4 were announced. By this time, they knew they were in the top 3 and waited excitedly to hear
their team name called out. Here are the top 3:

1. Scouse Sirs of Liverpool.

2. Bats Strikers of Swindon.

3. Lincolnshire Bombers of Mablethorpe.

The evening continued with much celebration by all winners and
then everyone made their way home on Sunday morning.

Well done to Bats Strikers and good luck to all our teams who are
now playing in the Winter Trios competition of 2018-2019.